Although this study has been developed over a period of 16 weeks, it is worthy to point out that it was of low to moderate intensity and did not use maximal strength that could be produced by the participants, as has been reported by Mills
. This author studied the effects of eight weeks of moderate intensity exercises, with stretching and muscular strength training, with 20 elders aged on average of 75 years. They found an increase of the range of joint movement of the lower limbs, without any gains of muscular strength and considered that the training time was reduced, thus impeding improvements. In the present study, improvements in some of the investigated muscles were found, and it is believed that, with the continuation of training, the strength gains would become more evident, since the results presented in the
clinical
improvement analysis indicate